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The University of Minnesota's Internet Gopher System: A Tool for Accessing Network-Based Electronic Information.
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Wiggins, Rich – Public-Access Computer Systems Review, 1993
Describes the Gopher system developed at the University of Minnesota for accessing information on the Internet. Highlights include the need for navigation tools; Gopher clients; FTP (File Transfer Protocol); campuswide information systems; navigational enhancements; privacy and security issues; electronic publishing; multimedia; and future…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Computer Software, Electronic Publishing
OJAC: An Electronic Document Delivery System for British Columbia Post-Secondary Students.
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Copeland, Lynn – Public-Access Computer Systems Review, 1993
Describes the Online Journal Access Citation (OJAC) project developed with the British Columbia Electronic Library Network and Simon Fraser University to demonstrate the feasibility of an electronic document delivery system. Topics discussed include publicity, training, and documentation; telecommunications; effects on regular interlibrary loans;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Networks, Costs, Electronic Libraries
Teaching Remote Users How to Use Electronic Information Resources.
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Wielhorski, Karen – Public-Access Computer Systems Review, 1994
Describes how remote users of electronic information resources can be effectively trained. The categories and characteristics of remote users, training challenges, and ways that emerging electronic capabilities can be used to enhance traditional bibliographic instruction methods are examined. (Contains 18 references.) (KRN)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Databases, Distance Education, Electronic Libraries